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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Michael C. Messina, Hookset, NH (US);
Sheila Bergeron Dunn, Mason, NH (US);
Brian Thompson, Deering, NH (US);
Inventors:
Michael C. Messina, Hookset, NH (US);
Sheila Bergeron Dunn, Mason, NH (US);
Brian Thompson, Deering, NH (US);
Assignee:
Microscan Systems, Inc., Renton, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, which can comprise controlling illumination of a set of illumination sources. The set of illumination sources can comprise a first subset of illumination sources and a second subset of illumination sources. Light from the set of illumination sources can be adapted to pass through a diffuser comprising a first zone and a second zone. The first zone can be physically and/or optically segregated from the second zone.